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American Family Physician

American Academy of Family Physicians · United States · Est. 1888

ISSN1532-0650

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.609

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.008

Total Worksi

3,707

Total Citationsi

2,710

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

American Family Physician provides high-quality continuing medical education for family physicians and other primary care clinicians in the therapeutic areas of General Medicine, Managed Care, and Primary Care.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1888

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,707

Publisher OrgAmerican Academy of Family Physicians

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Academy of Family Physicians

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-0650

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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2021

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Family PracticeQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & InternalPrimary Health Care

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Family Practice

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementAsthma and respiratory diseasesLipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesAntiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular DiseasesDiet and metabolism studiesRespiratory viral infections researchBlood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsRespiratory and Cough-Related Research

Frequently asked questions about American Family Physician

Is American Family Physician a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Family Physician: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of American Family Physician?

American Family Physician is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is American Family Physician indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Family Physician is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.